Nepal Medical Association Halts All Hospital Services Except Emergencies Nationwide
Kathmandu. The Nepal Medical Association has announced a halt to all services except emergencies in hospitals across the country today (Tuesday) in protest of the heinous attack on doctors and health workers at Narayani Hospital in Birgunj and the mistreatment at the District Administration Office, Parsa.
Issuing a press release on Monday, the association informed that all services except emergencies in government, non-governmental, and private hospitals across the country would be shut down on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
According to the association, on July 25, 2023, Dr. Pramod Ram and other doctors and health workers at Narayani Hospital were subjected to a heinous attack, resulting in serious head injuries, and the hospital was vandalized.
While negotiations were underway at the District Administration Office, Parsa, demanding legal action against the perpetrators of the same incident, the association has strongly condemned the incident, stating that the police chief used force in the presence of the Chief District Officer (CDO) to verbally abuse and mistreat central executive committee members of the association and the president of the Narayani branch, among other doctors.
The Nepal Medical Association has demanded the immediate arrest of those who carried out the heinous attack on Dr. Pramod Ram and other health workers and strict action against them under the 'Health Workers and Health Institutions Protection Act, 2066 (First Amendment, 2079)'. Furthermore, the association has demanded that the state take immediate action against the Chief District Officer and Police Chief of Parsa involved in the insult and mistreatment of doctors during the negotiation.
In protest of the state's oppressive behavior, emergency services have been symbolically shut down today, and further protest programs will be decided by a general meeting to be held today. The press release, signed by the association's General Secretary Dr. Bishwaraj Dawadi and President Dr. Badri Rijal, apologizes for the inconvenience caused to patients by this movement and clarifies that the entire responsibility for this must be borne by the Government of Nepal itself.
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